I’m in Hollywood

Firefly filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court a day after the Federal Trade Investigation Commission announced an investigation into Firefly and United Elite's alleged monopolistic practices, demanding that Fox repay the $29 million in arrears of its Friends advertising share, At the same time, on the grounds of Fox's breach of contract, he requested the court to rule that the two parties should terminate the contract for the first four seasons of Friends that had been signed.

Barry Diller and Rupert Murdoch, who received the news, couldn't sit still. The two of them called Eric one after another. They swore and swore that what happened during this time had nothing to do with Fox, and asked Eric. Withdrew the lawsuit and said it would settle the arrears owed to Firefly as soon as possible after Fox's financial audit.

Since it has reached this level, Fox is still reluctant to admit to being involved in this turmoil, and Eric is too lazy to tear his face. He also confided his sufferings to the other party, saying that things have developed to such an extent that he made such a move. Things are also helpless.

He hung up the phone with a sneer on the corner of his mouth. Eric knew that the whole thing would definitely come loose from Fox. Although Friends only aired for one season, for Fox, Friends has become a sign of Fox.

Just like in the previous life, when many people think of the nbc TV station in the United States, the first thing that comes to their mind is Friends. Friends in the previous life has brought NBC more than $3 million in advertising revenue per episode since its broadcast in 1994. Not only that, because of this signboard role, in the 10 years since Friends was broadcast, the overall strength of nbc was almost the sum of abc and cbs. And 10 years later, because of the end of Friends. Because nbc has not developed a new follow-up American drama. The strength rankings are directly from the first positions of several major TV stations. Dropped to the last place where even ox was inferior, and did not rise again for many years after that.

This shows how important a hit drama is to a TV station. What's more, although Fox's strength has risen to a higher level because of the popularity of Friends, its current strength is still behind the three major TV stations, and it is slightly less powerful. If you are not careful, you may be left far away by the three major TV stations again. So Eric can be sure. In any case, Fox would not be willing to give up such a TV series for less than $30 million in debt.

However, Eric is not going to let go this time, nor is he for the advertising share of less than 30 million US dollars, but he is determined that if Fox does not compromise, he will continue to fight the lawsuit until Fox makes a concession, The alliance of several major movie giants began to disintegrate. Or maybe finally get back the premiere rights of the next four Friends films.

Among the seven major film companies, Fox has the deepest entanglement of interests with Firefly. Therefore, it is also the easiest to break through. As long as Fox starts to compromise, Eric believes that other major companies will not be able to hold on for long, because they will realize that if Fox has compromised, Firefly will no longer be embattled. The release of Home Alone 2 and Sleepless in Seattle can provide enough funds for Firefly to respond. Even if Firefly loses the lawsuit in the final antitrust investigation, Eric will still not be exhausted.

In this case, if the remaining major companies continue to persevere, apart from the formation of a completely irreconcilable contradiction between the two parties, it is impossible to obtain any benefits.

Moreover, since it has reached this point, Eric no longer keeps anything, and threw all the other chips in his hand in one go.

...

...Barry,

You must persevere, don't forget, as long as the final thing can be successful, let alone the copyright of Friends, the other two programs that have been temporarily suspended by Firefly, also belong to Fox... Michael Ace Na sat in the office, and said to Barry Diller on the other side of the phone with a slightly excited expression. After he learned about Firefly's lawsuit against Fox TV, he knew exactly what Eric's plan was. Therefore, he got the first message. Barry Diller's office was called in an instant.

The two were discussing over the phone when an assistant of Michael Eisner hurried in.

Mr. Eisner, it's not good, something has happened.

Looking at the panicked assistant, Michael Eisner showed a strong look of displeasure. He hurriedly said a few words to Barry Diller before hanging up and asking, What happened?

The assistant said out of breath, Go and see. Many TV stations... Many TV stations are broadcasting a video.

Michael Eisner's heart skipped a beat, and he had an ominous premonition. He got up and followed his assistant to a lounge, where several other Disney executives had gathered, watching the TV in the lounge. Whispered in a low voice on a show.

Michael Eisner ignored these people and looked directly at the TV screen.

On the screen, Arnon Carpenter, who had a sneer at the corners of his mouth and a somewhat smug expression, was facing the camera and said to the young man sitting opposite: ...Mr. Williams, the 'public' in your mouth is the most ignorant. A group of people, what kind of person they will regard you as, the key depends on what kind of person the media that controls public opinion wants them to regard you as...

Michael Eisner's heart was full of anger, and he picked up a coffee cup placed on the coffee table in front of him and smashed it hard at the TV screen.

boom

The TV screen shattered directly, and a puff of green smoke came out. The executives who were watching with relish suddenly became silent.

This idiot! Michael Eisner scolded fiercely, then glanced at the people around him: It's work time, don't you all have to work? Go back to me!

In the face of the furious Michael Eisner, no one dared to refute, and everyone hurried out along the corner with their brows down and pleasing to the eye.

When all the people in the lounge were gone, Michael Eisner called his assistant and said, You go and notify that idiot, let him go now, immediately, immediately, as far as possible, and don't let anyone find him.

The assistant nodded cautiously and hurriedly left.

After Arnon Carpenter's video of threatening Eric was exposed, it quickly spread all over the world, especially Arnon Carpenter's words about 'the public is the most ignorant group'. There was a strong response among the people. In this excess of repeatedly shouting that freedom is above everything else, and even writing the word freedom into the constitution, but people found themselves to be a group of people who were fooled by others, and the anger generated was unimaginable. I know, therefore, no one has any doubts about the content of the video, and Firefly just released this video purely without any excuse or accusation, so no force will be stupid. Stand up to deny the authenticity of this video, so a series of public opinion storms about Eric in North America began to reverse.

The media that originally attacked Eric had to restrain themselves and even stopped their attacks. In order to clear the relationship, many newspapers and media that originally followed the trend were not regarded by the public as one of Arnon Carpenter's words to fool the public. He directly changed his original position and began to complain for the various attacks Eric received during this period. (To be continued..)